Visit with the Nelson's

I am going to try to update this blog with a few things that have been happening since June.

• Visit to Utah with the Nelson's


• Visit to Utah with the Dennis'


• Trip to California


• Porter got potty-trained
  

So, I'll start with the 1st one...visit to Utah with the Nelson's. It was great to visit with all my siblings and their families, minus one...Mike and family, we missed you! We had lots of cousins to play with, lots of fun, lots to do!

I love to document my trips with pictures, so here you go. I know, I know. Picture overload! But this is how I am able to show my family my photos. I promise all my posts won't be this long. Sorry!

Here are my Mom and Dad with most of the grandkids...

Lots of "picnics"

Family dinner.

Trip to the park...

Porter wouldn't take a nap. But he did finally fall asleep on Pepaw! So cute!

Popsicle and dinner time! Peyton looks the same in both pictures. :)

Out to dinner with only the adults (and Will) ;)

Trip to downtown---waiting for the "train"

At the Church Children's Museum...

Lunch

At the Clark Planitarium Museum...

Yes, these are all Sam's kids! :)

Trip to the splash park---Porter loves to get soaked!

Don't you look happy, Becky?!

Trip to Hollywood Connection---We never get to mini golf, ride rides, skate, and stuff like that in Vegas, so my kids were real excited to go here! They LOVED getting to ride the rides by themself. Their favorite was the dragon roller coaster!

Me, acting like an idiot trying to use Porter's golf club. The kids mini golfing...not exactly the grip Chris was hoping for. ;)

Skating--the kids had never skated before.

Trip to Hogle Zoo--once again, don't really have a zoo here in Vegas, so it was a real treat for us!

Porter and me were the only ones who wanted to touch the snake. I'm sure Chris would have, too, but he was taking the picture.

Gotta stop off at Italian Village...memories!

Getting a last hug with some cousins!

Hope you enjoyed as much as we did!

Naptime...

Here at the Dennis household, we love naptime. Clear, complete silence! I love it! Porter (2 1/2 yrs. old) and Peyton (5 yrs. old) still take naps. I'm not a mean mom...they sleep and are way less grumpy this way, so why not?! Kylie (6 1/2 yrs. old) even goes to her room for quiet time, which usually ends up with a 30 or so minute nap in there, too. Which means, that THIS Mom lays down 95% of the time and takes a nap, too. You betcha! Other moms may think this is their time to get stuff done...not me! This is my time to rest!

It is so quiet here I love it! I turn down my cell, don't like if the garbage or UPS guy come around during 1 to 3ish, and especially don't like dumb survey calls that wake me up just to hear a quick click in my reponse.

Anyways, just wanted to let you know how blessed we are at naptime. Here's hoping this continues...

Pictures may not necessarily be taken at naptime...they would definitely wake up not being in their deep sleep! But the 1st picture is Porter in his new "big boy bed" taken a couple months back. He was climbing out of his crib all the time anyways, so we just converted his crib to a toddler bed and he loves it! The 2nd picture is what happens when you spend all day at the beach! Within seconds, complete silence! Actually, this is what happened...

Peyton and Kylie instantly fall asleep. Porter (who we thought would be the 1st to sleep) is singing Happy Birthday. Goes through the song about 2 times. Then Happy Birthday dear.....zonks out! So cute!

Hope you all are jealous now of our wonderful, silent naptime! :)